Description

Steamboat WillieMickey Mouse Animation Drawing
(Walt Disney, 1928). Historic original 12 field 2 peghole
animation drawing of Mickey Mouse playing the teeth of a cow from
his first widely released debut short, Steamboat Willie.
Drawn by Ub Iwerks (and directed by Walt Disney), this historic
theatrical short premiered on November 18, 1928 in New York City at
the Colony Theater. This film was listed as #13 in Jerry Beck's
book 50 Greatest Cartoons, and also was selected for
preservation by the US National Film Registry in 1998. This is the
scene where Mickey is playing the teeth of a cow that is onboard
the boat, to the tune of "Turkey in the Straw". You can see this at
about the 6:30 mark into the short. Great smiling image of 4". The
number "379" is in the bottom right corner, with "69 "circled on
the page; a blue stamped number "374" is on the back of the paper.
Minor handling and edge wear; overall Fine condition.